TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

Norton · Dec 30, 2015

Are there any Team members in the US that need a good psu or psu's?

Let me know via PM- I'm trying to setup a deal on some nice stuff

Nordic · Dec 30, 2015

I will be looking for one of those small psu's. I think sfx. Willing to trade a better psu for it too norton. If one is available.

xvi · Dec 31, 2015

Okay. Dual Xeon E5520 running Win Server 2012. Would running BOINC under a VM with a linux OS work better than just running on Windows? I'm guessing yes because VT-x support should allow the VM to run code natively.

I can't remember if I've heard whether or not one is better than the other, so I just wanted to ask.

[Ion] · Dec 31, 2015

Norton said:
Are there any Team members in the US that need a good psu or psu's?

Let me know via PM- I'm trying to setup a deal on some nice stuff

Absolutely. Definitely could use a few PSUs

xvi said:
Okay. Dual Xeon E5520 running Win Server 2012. Would running BOINC under a VM with a linux OS work better than just running on Windows? I'm guessing yes because VT-x support should allow the VM to run code natively.

I can't remember if I've heard whether or not one is better than the other, so I just wanted to ask.

Never thought of that. Want to try and let us know? I have a Dual E5520 running regular Windows we could use as a benchmark

xvi · Dec 31, 2015

[Ion] said:
Never thought of that. Want to try and let us know? I have a Dual E5520 running regular Windows we could use as a benchmark

Sounds like a plan. Installing Ubuntu Server 15.04 now.

Edit: It's running.

[Ion] · Dec 31, 2015

Cool. Try just letting it run a mix of all projects so we can see how it compares--I'm running a mix of everything except OET on mine.

Norton · Dec 31, 2015

Talked to a few of you on psu's... there's still time to get in on this but want to get setup to go by the weekend.

bogmali · Dec 31, 2015

xvi said:
Okay. Dual Xeon E5520 running Win Server 2012. Would running BOINC under a VM with a linux OS work better than just running on Windows? I'm guessing yes because VT-x support should allow the VM to run code natively.

I can't remember if I've heard whether or not one is better than the other, so I just wanted to ask.

From my experience (which is a long time ago) Linux is better. I still have my SR-2 setup with those exact CPUs.

xvi · Dec 31, 2015

Hmm. Only one task running? Maybe communications are deferred and it'll download the rest of the tasks later.
*next day*
Still only one task? What could possibly be... wait a minute... OH. Right! Riiiight.

ChristTheGreat · Dec 31, 2015

long time I have not posted. Crunching is very slow on my side. Main rig is folding for GPU on another team, main server will have to stop, cause I am making a VoIP server, plus other VM running on it, so it will be very low or not even. Will keep the other server for this.

will see later after all is setup if I have enought power to run some. Plus I will have to update BOINC, just got 3 BSOD in 2 days:

PROCESS_NAME: boinc.exe

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xF4_boinc.exe

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT

AlienIsGOD · Dec 31, 2015

Going to be building a new rig in 2016 got the case, ram and AIO picked out. Prolly looking at a GTX 970 for the rig as they are about $400 CAN and that's the max I can really save up. Undecided on CPU/Mobo as Zen is due out this year. Ima leave that til last so I can see what it offers and make an informed decision from there

hat · Jan 1, 2016

Looks like I'm gonna have to get some 4K compatible RAM if I want to do any gaming over 320x240, otherwise I'll have to deal with my PS2 asking me to connect my pepperoni pizza to @[Ion] 's grapefruit ethernet port in order to achieve >1WD40 every time I launch Killzone...

Norton · Jan 1, 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR TEAM! :rockout:

May the new year bring you many cores and plenty of work units to crunch! :toast:

t_ski · Jan 1, 2016

hat said:
Looks like I'm gonna have to get some 4K compatible RAM if I want to do any gaming over 320x240, otherwise I'll have to deal with my PS2 asking me to connect my pepperoni pizza to @[Ion] 's grapefruit ethernet port in order to achieve >1WD40 every time I launch Killzone...

That hurt my head and I haven't even been drinking... :ohwell:

yotano211 · Jan 1, 2016

May the new year bring back the WCG on gpu crunching back. I have 3 graphics cards sitting idle most of the time.

hat · Jan 1, 2016

t_ski said:
That hurt my head and I haven't even been drinking...

Haha neither was I, I just needed a place to put the most ridiculous thing I could think of... :laugh:

hat · Jan 1, 2016

Radical question here... if one were to build a system with two of these, how much PPD would it produce, in a Windows 10 x64 environment? With that many cores, would RAM speed start to have an impact on PPD?

Norton · Jan 1, 2016

hat said:
Radical question here... if one were to build a system with two of these, how much PPD would it produce, in a Windows 10 x64 environment? With that many cores, would RAM speed start to have an impact on PPD?

Check here:
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/host/list/12/0/0

That chip/pair of chips is current running 17th in the rankings @ 33k+ ppd

hat · Jan 1, 2016

Odd, why are they beaten by the dual E5-4667 system? Those chips appear to be slower... less cores, lower clockrate...

What about a quad 16 core opteron system then? I don't think Intel supports quad CPUs, but I'm pretty sure AMD does.

[Ion] · Jan 2, 2016

Those are both my E5 4667V3 systems so I can answer a few questions about them

They have a few advantages over other systems running

Dedicated WCG systems. They are otherwise completely untouched
Ideal OS: Linux x64 is the best choice for WCG
Good project selection: OET gives higher PPD than anything else

Quad 16C Optys are good too--give me about a week and I'll have some reliable 24/7 numbers for a 4P 6376 system

Norton · Jan 2, 2016

hat said:
What about a quad 16 core opteron system then?

Don't think you can run more than 2 chips in Windows 10- you would need a Windows server OS or some flavor of Linux.

hat · Jan 2, 2016

Wow, you have access to a quad opteron system just like that? Impressive...

[Ion] · Jan 2, 2016

hat said:
Wow, you have access to a quad opteron system just like that? Impressive...

I bought it in August and it's sitting about six feet away right now. But it's too loud/power hungry to run consistently until I'm back to school

hat · Jan 2, 2016

While we're on the subject of absolutely nuts systems, I was also wondering about the FAH side of things. I'm sure a quad Titan Z system would rip those FAH WUs apart... but in a system like that I would have the cards watercooled to contain the temperatures and possibly get better performance. I understand though that the Titan X is a newer generation, however "only" single GPU, not dual GPU. I wonder what kind of WC setup would be needed to effectively cool 4 of those monsters?

t_ski · Jan 2, 2016

Depends on what your idea of "effectively" means. You could possibly cool them with a quad rad, but I don't know how cool they'd be.

The scary thing is how much you'd be pulling at the wall. Sold of the folders are talking 900W or more for Titan X's, but I think that's only two, maybe three.

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Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
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Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
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Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
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Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
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Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
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Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
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Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
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Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
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Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset)

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Memory	G-Skill Trident Z5 Silver 2x24GB DDR5-8200/XPG Lancer Blade 2X16GB DDR-5-6000
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Storage	Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe 2TB/KingSpec XG 7000 4TB M.2 NVMe/Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 NVMe
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Case	Corsair 5000d AirFlow/Asus AP201 White
Audio Device(s)	AudioEngine D1 DAC/Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Ultra 1K Watt/Seagotep 750W
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite
Keyboard	Adata XPG Summoner
Software	Win11 Pro 64
Benchmark Scores	Xbox Live Gamertag=jondonken

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	Asrock B650M PRO RS WIFI
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 SE
Memory	2x 16gb G.SKILL F5-6000J3038F16GX2-FX5
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Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	MAG274QRF-QD \| Asus vg248qe
Case	SAMA IM01
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlasterx G6
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Logitech G pro Wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB MK2
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
Storage	Adata XPG 8200 PRO 512GB SSD OS / 240 SSD + 2TB M.2 SSD Games / 1000 GB Data \| SSD + HDD
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Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek \| Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini w/ Cherry MX brown keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

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Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
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Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
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Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
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Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
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Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

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Processor	intel i7 11800h
Cooling	2 laptop fans
Memory	32gb of 3000mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 3070
Storage	x2 PNY 8tb cs2130 m.2 SSD--16tb of space
Display(s)	17.3" IPS 1920x1080 240Hz
Power Supply	280w laptop power supply
Mouse	Logitech m705
Keyboard	laptop keyboard
Software	lots of movies and Windows 10 with win 7 shell
Benchmark Scores	Good enough for me

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